261 Only Those Who Fully Defeat Satan Are Saved

I

Satan is defeated when people are delivered,
no longer its food, not devoured, instead relinquished.
For such people are upright,
have faith and obedience and fear toward God.
They break with Satan completely.
For they bring shame on it, make a coward of it,
completely overcome it.
Their belief in God, obedience and fear of God
make Satan let them go.
Only people like these have been truly gained by God.
It's His objective in saving man.
If they want to be saved, be completely gained by God,
temptations and attacks people must face.
It's the ones who come through all that Satan can do
and defeat it who are saved by God.

II

Those who have been saved by God,
have undergone God's trials,
been tempted, attacked in so many ways by Satan.
Those who are saved understand God's will and requirements,
submit to His plans.
They can fear God and shun evil.
They possess honesty, are kindhearted
and can see the difference between love and hate.
With a sense of justice, they are rational
and care for God and treasure all from Him.
Only people like these have been truly gained by God.
It's His objective in saving man.
If they want to be saved, be completely gained by God,
temptations and attacks people must face.
It's the ones who come through all that Satan can do
and defeat it who are saved by God.

III

Not bound nor watched, accused, abused by Satan,
they're free, released to liberty.
Like Job whom God could hand to Satan,
'cause he lived with freedom.
Only people like these have been truly gained by God.
It's His objective in saving man.
If they want to be saved, be completely gained by God,
temptations and attacks people must face.
It's the ones who come through all that Satan can do
and defeat it who are saved by God.

from “God's Work, God's Disposition, and God Himself II” in The Word Appears in the Flesh